Blogs

Our blogs provide fresh, impassioned and authoritative commentary and insight about the variety of civil-liberties issues that the ACLU of Michigan takes up each day in our courts, governments and communities.

Get Involved

With the help of dedicated volunteers and community activists, the ACLU of Michigan works to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the individual rights and liberties that are guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

Get Help

The ACLU of Michigan is one of more than 50 affiliates in the United States. As such, we encourage you to know as much as possible about your civil liberties. Further, if you feel those liberties have been violated, we suggest you submit a complaint. We only accept complaints that occur within the State of Michigan. If your complaint arose in a state other than Michigan, you must contact the ACLU office in that state.

About Us

Since our founding in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union has led the fight to conserve our most precious liberties. Through the passion of our supporters, we have grown from a roomful of civil liberties activists to an organization of more than 500,000 active members and supporters with 54 state affiliate offices as well as a legislative office in Washington, DC.

Campaign to End Police Abuse & Discrimination

We realize that excessive policies and actions of the police are instrumental in deciding who gets stopped, searched, arrested, and funneled into the criminal justice system. Indeed, the United States’ over-incarceration crisis begins at the front end of the system, especially for communities of color. Meanwhile, often under the guise of our failed drug war, abuse of civil asset forfeiture is rampant, while federal grant programs enable the increasing militarization of local police departments.

Consequently, we are dedicated to guaranteeing that all people in Michigan—regardless of race, gender or gender identity and expression—can live free of police brutality and law-enforcement practices that increase the likelihood that they will be forced into the criminal justice system. More than 15 years ago, the ACLU of Michigan established its Racial Justice Project to address racism in our state. We’ve also produced several reports, won a ground-breaking “biking while black” case and co-founded a coalition of law-enforcement agencies and community groups to address police practices and accountability. We also launched Mobile Justice MI, a mobile application that allows users to film police abuse and report it immediately to the ACLU of Michigan. We also seek to ensure that those enmeshed in the criminal justice system receive the full protection of the law and the same rights and benefits that are given to others.